A Zen master stood up to give a lecture. As he was about to speak, a bird sang sweetly outside. He immediately sat down saying, 'The lecture is over. I have nothing more to add.'

Foreign aid: when the poor people of a rich nation send their money to the rich people of a poor nation.

An Ohio church committee slips a dollar bill into one hymn book every Sunday to stimulate attendance.

Roses are Red, Violets are Blue - So why are they called violets then?

Hear about the new-wave church in California? It has three commandments, and six suggestions.

If we could read the secret history of those we would like to punish, we would find in each life enough grief and suffering to make us stop wishing anything more on them.

Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why they call it the present.

For women, eating has taken on the sinful state once reserved for sex.

A medical maxim for doctors in diagnosis: when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses before zebras.

Pace yourself. An elephant can be swallowed ... one bite at a time.